An inexcusable bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz needs a swift, full and transparent investigation, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said Saturday.

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, is reportedly “extremely concerned” by four countries’ demand that Qatar close down the Aljazeera television channel.

Ethiopia should rein in a controversial anti-terrorism law and release prisoners, the UN human rights chief said Thursday during a visit to Addis Ababa. The visit by Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the UN high commissioner for human rights, ...